UNMUFFLED Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

unmuffled

verb

past tense of unmuffle

as in increased

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When Arizona removed Medicaid patients' access to podiatrists, diabetic foot infection hospital admissions increased 38 percent, hospital stays grew 29 percent, and charges rose 45 percent.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
Yet even as the flows of crude from the Middle East have increased, oil remains near $100 a barrel.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of increased

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For international experts, this variability is amplified by geographic and linguistic factors.

— Alona Karpinska, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Participating news organizations have amplified research that 80% to 89% of people worldwide want their governments to confront climate change.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of amplified

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The destroyer has enhanced electrical power distribution and additional cooling capacity to support its advanced systems.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
If the liminal atmosphere in Backrooms, enhanced by the cinematography of Jeremy Cox, gave you a sense of dread, his camera work on Concrete Turned to Sand will take you into a very different space – oyster farms in British Columbia, Canada.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of enhanced

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But the conflict heightened last week, with insults flying back and forth.

— Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
Recent significant coastal impacts, such as erosion, along parts of the West Coast have also heightened attention to the potential effects of changing ocean conditions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of heightened

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The pandemic, which emptied offices in 2020, deepened WeWork’s troubles.

— Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
That has made imports more expensive and deepened a longstanding cost of living crisis that sparked nationwide protests last December that the security forces crushed with deadly force.

— Erika Solomon, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of deepened

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Under Obama, the FBI and other agencies stepped up efforts to crack down on Chinese espionage.

— DAVID S. COHEN, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026
North Korea has also stepped up weapons testing activity as its leader Kim Jong Un expands his military nuclear program while taking an increasingly hard line toward Seoul.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of stepped up

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